Profile: Holdfast

Personal background
Born in 1960, I find I can remember things that my kids tell me are history...

I can remember Neil Armstrong landing on the moon and thinking "I bet this gets into the history books". I was right! I remember my dad looking at an advert for a ZX80 home computer and asking myself what possible use that was and why would anyone want to own a computer? I wasn't right all the time then...

I am a network and support engineer in a hospital in Nuneaton in England. I think I am working somewhere worthwhile, I get to use computers and talk about them all day and they pay me for it. I also get to have lunch with my wife. That last is something that a lot of my friends miss but their other halves don't work in the same place...
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
1. I run SETI because I can. I don't know if extraterrestial life exists. The odds are that it is not exactly common, but it's a big universe and it has been around for a long time so I certainly think it is possible.


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2. I like SETI because it appeals to my geeky side. I have watched Star Trek since I was little and SF is my preferred reading. That aside, I think all knowledge has the possibility of being a good thing. I don't think any part of space science gets all the support from our governments that it should. Hopefully, this means that any benefits will not be restricted to 'The Establishment' and big business.



3. I don't hear as much about SETI as a couple of years ago. I suppose there is not always a lot you can say about it unless you actually have a postcard from ET. It would be nice to see the occasional comment on www.slashdot.org about things though.

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